Dear colleagues,
Can anyone provide a reliable source on which antihypertensive drugs should be dicontinued before collecting urine for catecholamines or metanephrines. Is there any single class of antihypertensive drugs (Calcium antagonists, ß-blockers, ACE inhibitors, ATII rec blockers, ...) that is not biologically influencing catecholamine production at all? I'm not referring to well known analytical interferences like those of levo-dopa.
Best regards,
Bart Ballieux
Dr.Ir. B.E.P.B. Ballieux
Klinisch Chemicus
CKCL, E2-P
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Postbus 9600
2300 RC Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel: 071-5262165/2278
Fax: 071-5266753
email: [log in to unmask]
------ACB discussion List Information--------
This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical
community working in clinical biochemistry.
Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed
via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and
they are responsible for all message content.
ACB Web Site
http://www.acb.org.uk
List Archives
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html
List Instructions (How to leave etc.)
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
|